Fantasy Football 2017 - Week 4 Matchups, In-or-Out

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It's going to be a good one. We have week four matchups, the second half of those. We've got in and out, get through the injuries, talk about that. And we're going to start off the show, obviously, by discussing the Thursday night football game. So let's jump right in. You can find us on Twitter at the FF Ballers. We're on YouTube as well. So head over to YouTube.com slash the fantasy footballers. If you want to see our beautiful faces. And it is. In high definition, a new technology.

High definition. We verified from yesterday. It is YouTube.com slash the fantasy footballers. So you don't have to try both. Now we know what it is. Yeah. It's been three years. Yeah. Three years we know it. I got it. We got to figure. Brooks, we got to figure it out. First try. So, all right. Let's talk about the Thursday night football game because the headlines of this game were not necessarily stat line related, right? This was.

An injury-riddled game, we had Thai Montgomery go down. We then had Jamal Williams go down with a knee strain. So you saw the emergence in part of Aaron Jones, the running back for the Green Bay Packers. And you had the very scary injury to Devante Adams. When I saw that injury, I was sick to my stomach. I mean, it was an instant fear for Devante Adams. And I hope that.

Danny Trevathan is suspended for what he did. That was just ridiculous leading with the crown of the helmet. Just a player necessary too. He was wrapped up with a couple other guys. I mean, you've got to come in and help finish that tackle. But he was taking out his frustration. Tony Romo got it right. He was frustrated with how the game was going. He's like, here's my chance to just give some payback.

I completely agree. Yeah, if the pairs were up 21-7, he doesn't make that tackle. 100% he should be suspended this week. And you know what made me kind of sick to my stomach? He should have been thrown out of the game. I was going to say it's one of those things where it made me sick to my stomach where once that play was over and he got to the ambulance and was on his way to the hospital, there's Treveithin on the field for the next play. And I'm going, well, that's wrong. That's not right. I feel like there should be a rule where if a flagged play.

an illegal play causes an injury, you've got to at least be out that series. The NFL has instituted the leeway for referees to instantaneously eject players on plays like that. That's what we saw Jeremy Lane, cornerback for the Seahawks, got thrown out of a game earlier this year for a supposed punch because a referee made that call. And so I think there will be criticism of that referee.

Here is the headline news for you. Devante Adams, the MRI on his neck, came back clean. He has been diagnosed with a concussion. He avoided a serious neck injury, and that is very, very good news for Adams. I cannot imagine him playing next week. We have to turn it to a fantasy question now, and we have to say we hope you get back quick, Devante and Geronimo Allison, to me, is a receiver to pick up on waivers. Absolutely.

I do want to say this as well, and I hate saying it because it's actually what I'm going to be doing in our League of Record. I have Jaquiz Rogers. I'm going to play him this week. I made a reminder on my phone today to target Randall Cobb next week, who is owned by the Doug Martin owner. And I want to work a package together where I acquire Randall Cobb in an effort to give him Jaquiz Rogers, the handcuff insurance. Maybe I need to give something else.

But I think Randall Cobb is one of the beneficiaries you're going to see from the running back injuries in this offense. The Packers have always shown a willingness to run through the air, as we say on the show. And while Aaron Jones is talented enough to be there every downback if necessary, I don't think they're going to lean on him the way they would have leaned on-time Montgomery. And I think that Randall Cobb...

is the beneficiary. I completely agree. It's going to be a Wes Welker, Julian Edelman type of role where the quick slants and run through the air with Cobb. If you're in a PPR league, I love it. The fantasy rundown last night, Aaron Rogers, very efficient, seven for nine in the red zone, four touchdowns, 179 yards, didn't have to run the ball at all. He was a great play. If you look at the other wide receivers, Jordy Nelson, obviously a great fantasy start. Devante Adams did get you a touchdown before the injury.

Cobb got a touchdown. Two. He had two touchdowns. One was called back on a holding call. Correct. And that was the play before the injury. And then Jordy Nelson ended up with the touchdown after that. If you look to the other side of the ball, I want to ask you guys about Tariq Cohen in this game. You have a lot of issues with the Chicago Bears offense. And Jordan Howard got you a garbage time touchdown to save your day for Jordan Howard. So he was fine. He was in the 15, 16 point range. Tareke Cohen, not a great game for Tarek Cohen.

Wasn't on the field. Wasn't on the field. Jordan Howard had another brutal drop in this game. I mean, I feel bad because I love Jordan Howard. Like, I know how much Jordan Howard wants to win. Like, you've got those players that are just so committed to the team and want to succeed so bad. It has to be the most frustrating thing in the world to have the ball continually bounce off your hands and not be able to change that fact. But here's the thing. If you watch the game, and I want you to ignore the numbers, except for maybe the turnover number, for Mike Glennon,

Glennon's time is done. Mitch Trubisky will start the next game. That is my solid stone cold prediction. They have 11 days from last night's game until their Monday night football game. If you're ever going to change the position, the time is now the team's offense with your eyeballs. You watch it. It's terrible. Last week, Deonti Thompson was the only player, only wide receiver to catch a pass. I mean, this is Mike Glennon's efficiency.

When you look at his pass, his completions to total attempts, it looks okay because he's just dumping the ball off every single play to Zach Miller or Tariq Cohen or trying to do it to Jordan Howard. It's a mess in Chicago. Yeah, I'm not as confident as you that Trubisky will start, but I definitely agree with you that he should. Some of the interceptions that were thrown.

It's very simple. He missed the receiver by four yards. And when you miss a receiver by four yards, guess who's probably going to get the ball the other team? So I agree. Glennon is not a trustable guy. When it comes to Tariq Cohen, I'm not as like I would go target Tariq Cohen because he still looked amazing. He had this super long run that was just unbelievable call back on a hold towards the end of the game.

Last night just went really bad for the Bears all the way around. I mean, you started off with several turnovers that weren't their fault. And then, you know, the touchdowns from Green Bay. Then you have the game stops because of lightning. You're saying who weren't their defense's fault, right? Is that what you're saying? Yeah, I'm saying that it's not the fault of Tariq Cohen. I got you. I just meant like the team made a ton of mistakes and I wasn't sure who you were.

But then there was the lightning stoppage of the game for a long period of time. Then there was the injury that really kind of changed the mood of the game. It was just a weird game. And I realized that Tariq Cohen wasn't out there as much as, you know, fantasy owners would have liked to see him out there. But he was still electric. He still got it done on some plays that were called back. I'm not, you know, by any means scared off of Tarekoen because of a bag game. The notable numbers are...

Three Cohen had played at least 40 plus percent of snaps in every single game. Yesterday, only 26 and a half percent because Benny Cunningham jumped from his averaging of 6 percent of the snaps all the way into the 20s. So, I mean, you literally just took half of Cohen's snaps and they gave him to Benny Cunningham. I'm concerned for Cohen because of the transition that might happen as well. To Tribisky? Yes, because Trubisky showed in the preseason and.

a willingness to drive the ball down the field. That's fair. And not a fear of doing so. And therefore having to, you know, those targets for Cohen, I think everyone, you know, tons of them were inside slant routes from the slot. He's a short target guy. Yeah. And so you mixed that with Benny Cunningham who looked fine. I didn't think you looked bad. I thought he had a little pep in a step. I just worry that we've basically handed Cohen a title or role or position that he may not have.

the ability to sustain. I do not think you go drop him. I do not think you go trade him for pennies on the dollar. I just think if you're counting on him as you're running back too and you're making plans for the rest of your NFL season, you need to add more pieces to your backfield so that you can match up play so that you can basically hedge against Trubisky changing things in this office because Cohen is so young. He's barely been a part of this offense. We don't know the blueprint yet for his usage rest of the season. Yeah, I think that's a good take.

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